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On Wednesday, November 19 at 4:31 PM EST, Newcastle Observatory was advised via e-mail from Gareth Williams, Associate Director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC), that it was assigned observatory code H61. This signifies that Newcastle Observatory is capable of making astrometric observations of acceptable quality.

Today, the observatory begins an astrometry program for minor planets and comets. A "first light" image of numbered minor planet, or asteroid, (1865) Ceberus was captured this evening to mark the beginning of the observatory's astrometry observations to be submitted to the Minor Planet Center at Harvard University's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.